An Imaging Task Force within the ROG has been formed, under the leadership of
Dr. Ursula Nestle
Department of Radiotherapy and Nuclear Medicine
University Hospital Freiburg
Robert-Koch-Strasse
D-379106 FREIBURG i/Breisgau, Germany
Tel +49 761 2709539 (fax +49 761 2709472)
ursula.nestle@uniklinik-freiburg.de
Dr. Nestle is the ROG representative within the newly formed Imaging Group (IG) of the EORTC, and member of the IG-subcommittee “Imaging in Radiotherapy” (IRT).
The aims of the ROG Imaging Task Force are:
· Promote and support joint activities with the EORTC IG
· Address subjects such as: pre-treatment imaging (prognostic factors, biologically interesting sub-volumes); imaging for target volume definition; imaging of normal issue pre and post RT; establishing imaging measures for RT response; use of imaging warehouse for research on imaging after RT (detection of recurrence, imaging of side effects).
A first brain-storming meeting of the Imaging Task Force was held in Freiburg at the end of May 2010, where a number of project ideas were presented:
· Head and Neck: high dose re-irradiation of recurrent head and neck tumours; PET-based TV delineation in the context of high dose retreatment
· Lung: high tech. trial in stage I-IIIa NSCLC with targeting PET-positive areas only, and high hypofractionated doses depending on tumour location and lymph nodes; hypoxia tracers in RT planning
· Brain: image analysis/artificial intelligence measures in brain MRI; perfusion MRI in glioma; evaluation of PET imaging in low grade glioma; COTANOC-PET based irradiation of meningioma
· Breast: use of staging FDG-PET
· Technique: comparison of automatic contouring systems
Any ROG member, who would like to become involved in the Imaging Task Force, is asked to contact Dr. Nestle.
